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A Few Photos from Our Southern US Trip

3/27/2021

Escaping the New England Winter to See the Sights of the South

As mentioned in our 24 February blog post, on our 10-day road trip to the Southern part of the US we visited North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Here are a few photos from the 2,300 mile trip aggregated by State (click on any photo to start the slideshow):

North Carolina
- Biltmore Estate
- Chimney Rock State Park

South Carolina
- Caesars Head State Park
- UFO Welcome Center
- CSS Hunley Submarine
- Fort Sumter
- Hunting Island Lighthouse

Georgia
- Savannah Historic District
- Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
- The Paris Market
- Bonaventure Cemetery
- Fort Stewart
- The Georgia Aquarium
- Westview Cemetery
- Stone Mountain
- Ponce City Market

Alabama
- Little River Canyon National Preserve
- US Space and Rocket Center
- Vulcan Park and Museum

Mississippi
- Mississippi Petrified Forest
- Vicksburg National Military Park
- Biloxi Lighthouse
- Biloxi Beach
- Beauvoir – Jefferson Davis House
- Keesler AFB
- Round Island Lighthouse
- Gulf Islands National Seashore
- Ship Island Lighthouse

Louisiana
- Louisiana Old State Capitol
- National WWII Museum
- Mardi Gras World
- New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
- Bourbon Street

You can see all the photos of our trip to the Southern US on the Adventures/North America page.

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Churches and Cathedrals

3/14/2021

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The Majesty and Beauty of Spiritual Architecture

As I briefly mentioned in my last blog post, before I get to the details of the sights that we just saw during our February 2021 “Southern Trip”, I still have a few blogs to write about the “Heartland” trip that we took in 2020; mostly blogs that aggregate several sites from a specific category into a single blog. Today’s blog is about the Churches and Cathedrals that we saw during our travels.

During our 30-day, 9376 mile, road trip to see more of America we visited numerous Churches and Cathedrals to include:

The architecture of these Churches and Cathedrals was amazing and speak to the grandeur of what humans can build when they are motivated by a higher calling (click on any photo to start the slideshow):